Stabbed teenager dies after being thrown off moped in London street

'Help him, he’s been stabbed,' rider shouted, before speeding away

The teenager was dumped in Denmark Road, Camberwell, after being stabbed in a different location on 25 July (Google Streetview)

A teenager with stab injuries has been thrown from the back of a scooter and left to die in a London street.

Witnesses described the rider shouting “help him, he’s been stabbed” to passers-by in Camberwell on Wednesday night.

CCTV footage showed the 18-year-old slumping in the pillion seat as the scooter slowed to a stop, before he was dumped in the road.

Members of the public ran to help after the scooter rider sped away, but police said the unnamed teenager died in hospital shortly after midnight.

Abu Kamara, residents’ chairman of the nearby Crawford estate, called the rider a “coward” and described the teenager bleeding heavily from two stab wounds in his side.

“His friend stopped the moped and just pushed him off. He shouted ‘help him, help him, he’s been stabbed’ to people standing on the street and rode off,” he told the Evening Standard.

“I can’t believe it he just left him in the middle of the road. He obviously didn’t want to get involved with police and panicked.”

Police were called at around 7pm, as members of the public provided first aid, and paramedics took the teenager to hospital, where he died hours later.

The teenager was left in Denmark Road, which is around half a mile from King's College Hospital, and the rider may have been attempting to reach its A&E.

Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding said: “This is a tragic incident which has resulted in yet another young person being fatally stabbed in London.

“We are appealing for anyone with information to come forward, we need to trace the moped and also the person who brought the victim to the scene, it’s important we establish where the victim initially received his injuries.

“Anyone who saw the moped make off from the scene - we equally need to hear from them.”

There have been no arrests and enquiries continue.

More than 80 people have been murdered in London so far this year and the man is the 16th teenager to be stabbed to death in the capital.

He was dumped near where 17-year-old Katrina Makunova died of knife injuries on 12 July, and Wednesday night also saw two stabbings in Maida Hill and a non-fatal shooting in Islington.

Last week the government was warned it was “sleepwalking into a nightmare” as figures showed murder, robbery and stabbings increasing sharply across England and Wales.

In the year to March, the number of homicides recorded by police rose by 12 per cent, knife crime offences were up by 16 per cent and the total of more than 40,000 knife offences was the highest number since 2010-11.

But the Office for National Statistics said only a “small proportion” of incidents, which include threatening someone as well as stabbings, resulted in people being taken to hospital, with the NHS recording 4,656 admissions in England.

Police have warned that “feral” knife attacks are becoming more brutal, seeing victims stabbed and slashed multiple times.

A wave of killings has sparked a government crackdown on deadly weapons including “zombie” knives, which will become illegal to possess.

The use of mopeds to launch violent robberies using acid, knives and hammers has sparked alarm, seeing moped delivery drivers targeted for their vehicles, which are then used to commit more crime.

Police say the rate of moped robberies has fallen significantly from a peak in July 2017, thanks to the deployment of new tactics such as the use of off-road bikes in pursuits and DNA marker sprays.

But identifying moped criminals has been made difficult by the wearing of helmets – like the rider in Camberwell - masks and gloves.

Anyone with information on the Camberwell incident is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police’s Homicide and Major Crime Command on 0208 721 4205 or 101 quoting CAD 6605/25 July.

Information can also be reported anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.